ZIP 02903 recorded 113 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 693 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Providence County, RI.
693 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 136 | |
| 2022 | 184 | |
| 2023 | 138 | |
| 2024 | 122 | |
| 2025 | 113 |
May peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02903 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 125 | 18.0% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 53 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Special outside fire, other | 52 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 47 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 43 | 6.2% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02903 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 92 | 30.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 49 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 41 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 55 | 18.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 197 | 65.2% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 28 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 6.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02903 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 700% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02903.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence | 691 | |
| 2 | Pawtucket | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 693 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.